cryptosporidiosisn.
/ˌkrɪptə(ʊ)spərɪdɪˈəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌkrɪptoʊspəˌrɪdiˈoʊsəs/, /ˌkrɪptəspəˌrɪdiˈoʊsəs/ Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.
Infection with protozoan parasites of the genus Cryptosporidium, occurring in humans and other mammals, birds, reptiles, and fish, most commonly involving the intestinal tract and often associated with diarrhoeal illness which may be severe or fatal, esp. in very young and immunosuppressed individuals.In humans, outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis are often associated with the ingestion of water contaminated with cryptosporidial oocysts.
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1971 Guide Infectious Dis. Mice & Rats (National Res. Council (U.S.) Inst. Lab. Animal Dis.) 9 Gastric and intestinal coccidiosis (cryptosporidiosis)—two species in mice: Cryptosporidium muris and C. parvum.
1974 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 165 916/2 The histologic diagnosis of bovine cryptosporidiosis.
1989 What Food? Sept. 7/1 Thames Water is currently investigating whether the removal of alum from its treatment process led to the nation's worst outbreak of the disease cryptosporidiosis.
2002 Q News (Brisbane) 22 Mar. 9/1 Cryptosporidiosis is an intestinal infection caused by a microscopic parasite.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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